From: Pasi Kallinen <paxed@alt.org>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2020 17:20:55 +0000 (+0300)
Subject: Prevent ghosts from being renamed
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=3a31587ca9492e789f4cd9896f2d9f1c04cb4cf5;p=nethack

Prevent ghosts from being renamed

(via xNetHack)
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diff --git a/doc/fixes37.0 b/doc/fixes37.0
index 87010a021..eef41adc9 100644
--- a/doc/fixes37.0
+++ b/doc/fixes37.0
@@ -278,6 +278,7 @@ when reporting that hero can't repair a chest's broken lock with key/pick/card
 	"You can't repair a chest's lock with an uncursed key." implicitly
 	suggests that you might be able to do so with a blessed or cursed one
 pre-populate teleport destination prompt with travel destination
+ghosts cannot be renamed
 
 
 Fixes to 3.7.0-x Problems that Were Exposed Via git Repository
diff --git a/src/do_name.c b/src/do_name.c
index 2725f4955..cc58b3290 100644
--- a/src/do_name.c
+++ b/src/do_name.c
@@ -1196,7 +1196,8 @@ do_mname()
                     || mtmp->data->msound <= MS_ANIMAL)) {
         if (!alreadynamed(mtmp, monnambuf, buf))
             verbalize("I'm %s, not %s.", shkname(mtmp), buf);
-    } else if (mtmp->ispriest || mtmp->isminion || mtmp->isshk) {
+    } else if (mtmp->ispriest || mtmp->isminion || mtmp->isshk
+               || mtmp->data == &mons[PM_GHOST]) {
         if (!alreadynamed(mtmp, monnambuf, buf))
             pline("%s will not accept the name %s.", upstart(monnambuf), buf);
     } else